Engaging Producers in NISA

NISA Rules of Engagement

The National Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture (NISA) is a federation of producers and their organizations that works to harmonize reasonable sustainable agriculture assessments behind the farmgate with supply chain expectations. This simple checklist describes the process and requirements for producer-led, research-based sustainability programs to become affiliated with NISA.

NISA-affiliated programs:

Agree to follow the NISA Guiding Principles. While these guiding principles aren’t overly cumbersome, they identify a commitment to the producer-led, research-based orientation that will fulfill the NISA Business Model.

Commit to demonstrating improvement over time against the appropriate sustainability outcomes. It is not expected that a producer community would address all of the outcomes outlined in the Expected Outcomes document, but that they would prioritize outcomes where advancements could be demonstrated and set reasonable goals that could be communicated to the supply chain.